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  • The Corrections

    If I put a title like that at the top of a page, chances are good that I might start feeling like a well-known, well-paid...

  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants, by neighborhood, including applicable meals, and what percentage of each food bill will be donated to Food &...

  • Hearsay

    Not so secretly taking the stage at Secrets Lord, who knew there were eleven rings… Lapses at the Lantern… This isn't a family magazine in...

  • Flash in the Plan

    The brilliance of Saturday Night Live sketches is that they're short. The writers conceive of something funny, milk it for all it's worth and wrap...

  • The Pain of Gain

    So here it is, time for your mid-week workout. But you're feeling incredibly sore from that Monday workout -- as you contemplate facing the gym...

  • San Francisco Treat

    Two weeks ago, on Valentine's Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to act as a witness for many of the same-sex weddings...

  • Truly Yours

    Dear Lena, I am 19-years-old and have been out for almost two years. I've only been in one relationship, which ended after three weeks when...

  • Hearsay

    It's a Beachy Keen night at Lizard Lounge... Cobalt's second anniversary lights up 17th... Dazzled by drag at Ziegfeld's... Before Hearsay could have one last...

  • Language Barrier

    The second act of Melissa James Gibson's opens with Babette (Susan Lynskey) discussing her novel with her agent. ''It's about 20th century screams, ''...

  • Heartbreak Hotel

    It's 1911. Seth and Bertha Holly (Randall Shepperd and Lynn Chavis) run a modest boarding house in Pittsburgh where guests stay as long as they...

  • A Great Rebate

    After many frustrating hours spent slaving over your taxes, the pay-off has finally arrived. Amongst the junk mail and Pottery Barn catalogues, you find your...

  • 100 Percent Cotton

    The first piece of gay-related clothing that I acquired -- back when I was still in the practice of acquiring gay-related clothing and accessories --...

  • Independent Woman

    ''I am an all powerful Amazon warrior, not just some sniveling girl, '' declares Ani DiFranco on Educated Guess. With this intimate and intense disc,...

  • Hearsay

    Cobalt gets ready for a big second anniversary bash… VelvetNation takes a walk on the raw and uncut side… Scarlet's Bake Sale raises $7,500… Hearsay...

  • Blemished Brecht

         Galy Gay is having an identity crisis. Once a sweet, docile family man and dutiful dock worker, he suddenly finds himself among an unlikely...